Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other smeared vehicles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; investigators are not yet aware of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a gunman aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
